Emerging markets - publications

Automotive

Global Automotive Financial Review
This review takes a look at major issues and trends within the automotive industry by analysing significant financial data, trends, and practices as reported by leading global vehicle manufacturers and suppliers.

Agrochemicals in China: China risks & rewards
In this publication, we focus on recent developments and outlooks for the agrochemical sector, including an in-depth look at some key issues of particular importance to industrial companies operating in the Chinese marketplace.

Bulk and speciality chemicals in China: China risks & rewards
This report focuses on recent developments and outlooks for the bulk and speciality chemicals sector in China; a market in which PricewaterhouseCoopers is the market leader and is building a profile within the chemical industry as knowledgeable experts.

Asia -Pacific energy, utilities & mining investment guide
The guide helps stakeholders in the energy industry to understand the highly complex nations in the Asia-Pacific region. The guide provides legal and accounting information and industry statistics drawn from authoritative government, media and industry sources.

Industrial gases in China: China risks & rewards
This study examines the industrial gases market in China which is growing as fast as the country's industrial sector. It outlines the risks associated with higher potential rewards and identifies the qualities needed to succeed in the world's fastest-growing market.

Mine* Enter the Dragon
This review of global trends in the mining industry provides an overview of the financial performance and position of the industry based on analysis of some of the largest mining companies across the world.

Hotels in emerging markets
This article from Hospitality Directions Europe, a research journal with forecasts, analyses and original thought-provoking research, looks at opportunities for hotel groups operating in emerging markets.

Machinery and equipment market in China: China risks & rewards
This publication examines the opportunities for foreign manufacturers in a Chinese market that is spending more than $6 billion a year on excavators, cranes and other construction equipment to build a 21st Century infrastructure.

Buying into China
This flyer highlights a number of opportunities and challenges China's growth is posing on the industrial products sector, including significant strategic, financial and operational issues that potential foreign buyers need to consider.

Buying into India
India presents wide ranging investment opportunities and options in the industrial products sector. However, significant strategic, financial and operational issues need to be considered by potential foreign buyers during a transaction in India.

Paper and packaging market in China: China risks & rewards
This study aims to help companies in the industry assess the risks and rewards of entering or expanding in China. It analyses the economic, political and cultural factors underpinning opportunities and risks for global players in paper and packaging.

Global forest and paper industry survey - 2007
This survey comprises an analysis of the financial results of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Top 100 global forest and paper companies, as well as providing articles on current key industry issues.

Central and Eastern Europe: Prescription for growth
This publication focuses principally on the countries recently acceded to the European Union. With stable economies and solid medical credentials, the new Central and Eastern European members of the European Union look promising places for development and manufacturing.

India: Prescription for growth
This report examines the attractions of what could become one of the world's most significant pharmaceuticals markets. It outlines how a combination of economic, demographic, educational and legal factors could help drive this growth.

Latin-America: Prescription for growth
This report assesses the positive prospects for the Latin American pharmaceutical market and outlines the approaches foreign investors in the sector should consider in their plans to break into this diverse region.

China: Prescription for growth
This report outlines how, with an increasingly affluent population and a strong biopharmaceuticals sector, China is a very attractive market. But the report also identifies the major risks, including government policies, lack of IP protection and trading risks.

The rising elephant: Benefits of modern trade to Indian economy
This study demonstrates the key benefits arising out of the opening up of and growth of the distributive and retail trade sectors in India- one of the largest marketplaces for modern trade in the world.

Sourcing overseas for the retail sector: The abolition of quotas - understanding the rules and their impact
This report examines the impacts on UK retailers and suppliers arising from the abolition of textile quotas and outlines the characteristics of companies most likely to benefit from changes to the rules.

China - textile quotas update
This update examines the impact of the re-imposition of quota on UK clothing retailers, and consumers, and identifies the characteristics of those retailers that are most likely to be affected.

Sourcing overseas for the retail sector - CSR and the ethical supply chain
This report explores why companies are looking more closely at the wider Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) implications of their often cost-driven sourcing practices, how they are responding to the ethical supply chain agenda and the future of ethical sourcing.

From Bejing to Budapest: Winning brands, winning formats
This study shows how maximum value can be extracted from globalisation by highlighting the challenges and opportunities for retail and consumer goods companies wishing to invest or already investing in high-potential transitional economies in Asia and Central & Eastern Europe.

The Evolution of BPO in India
This report aims to capture the changing landscape of the Indian off-shoring industry and provide critical insight into the key strategic and operational issues that service-providers are being asked to address.

Global integration through knowledge process offshoring
This paper provides brief insight into some of the significant opportunities that KPO offers to companies to make use of professional talent from around the world in helping to meet their business objectives.

Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2007-2011
This leading global entertainment and media industry forecast provides a single point of industry reference for top-level comparative data. It contains in-depth global analyses and 5-year growth projections for 14 industry segments, covering every major region.

China's impact on the semi-conductor industry - 2005 update
This update examines the rapid expansion of the semi-conductor industry in China and analyses the factors that are fuelling its growth both as a producer and consumer and outlines the impacts on the industry.

The world in 2050 - impact of global growth on carbon emissions
The World in 2050: focuses on implications of global growth for carbon emissions and climate change policy. Topics include the rapid economic growth of emerging countries — together with continued more moderate growth in today's advanced economies — could have serious long-term consequences for global energy consumption and carbon emissions.

The world in 2050: How big will the emerging markets economies get and how can the OECD compete?
The shift in economic power to emerging countries such as India and China is an opportunity to boost trade rather than an economic death knell, according to this PwC report.

Balancing risk & reward - the PwC EM20 index
PricewaterhouseCoopers has developed a new fresh approach to help inform investment decisions, the PwC EM20 Index.

Crossboarder - managing joint ventures in emerging markets
A review the advantages and disadvantages of joint venturing with a local company when operating in emerging markets.

9th Annual Global CEO Survey
Globalisation creates complexity for organisations that must be managed successfully when it adds value, and reduced when it does not. With 1,400 CEOs participating in this year's survey, global business leaders outline how they and their organisations are meeting the challenges of finding new customers and servicing existing ones.

The Financial Director Guide to: Emerging Markets
This guide to doing business in high-growth emerging markets was produced in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

BRICs & Mortar: A practical guide
This publication illustrates how we use our global network and expertise, applying our unique SMILE Framework™ , to help you maximise the success of your foreign investments and manage the associated risks.

Outsourcing as a business issue
When used strategically, outsourcing has the potential to make a material impact on the performance of an organisation; when it goes wrong it can drag the organisation backwards and leave it scarred.

Outsourcing
This document illustrates and describes how PwC's extensive outsourcing experience and expertise assists its clients to get the benefits they seek from outsourcing by helping them to decide what to do in-house, and how, and what activities to outsource.

More outsourcing publications

CEE/CIS Tax Notes
This edition carries on with the 'Working cross-border' theme as the region’s continued economic development brings with it even greater international integration and, consequently, more sophisticated taxation policies and practices to accommodate that integration.

Pathfinder service
PwC's Pathfinder Service assists clients with the often complex formalities and registration requirements of setting up in a new overseas location. Our service helps companies expanding into major countries within Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

Expanding into China: A local perspective
In this article Rod Houng-Lee, PwC Tax Leader in Hong Kong and China, examines the impacts of rapid and pervasive economic, legislative and regulatory changes in China for foreign investors, and in particular the tax structures they use.